This
is a tutorial for a mural using Homecrafter and PSP 7 or PhotoShop. And
it could not be easier or quicker!

Firstly,
download the templates that we'll be using in this tutorial.

3 bitmap templates
by Raveena

Find a picture of
a mural you like. Crop it so that only the part of the picture you want
is left. Then resize it to the template it fits best. In other words some
pictures will get too distorted if you size them too small or too big.

Here are the sizes
you make your picture before you use the templates.
A 2 - tiled picture is Width 256, Height 240
A 3 - tiled picture is Width 384, Height 240
A 4 - tiled picture is Width 512, Height 240

Once you have your
picture resized, open the template that you're going to use. Lets say
we're making a 3 - tiled picture and have resized our picture to 384 X
240. Copy the template and paste as a new layer over the picture. It will
fit perfectly so don't move it at all. You must paste the template as
a 'new layer' to make it work right.

Click on the first
solid color of the template with your magic wand. Then go to your layer
menu and click on the picture layer making it the active one. Copy (CTRL
C) then paste (CTRL V) as a new image. You will have the first piece of
your mural. Do the same thing with each color until you have it cut into
3 pieces. (More or less for the other templates)

Save each piece with
the name of your choice and make sure you name them as say Mural1, Mural2,
and Mural3 in the order they should be placed.

I'm not sure how other
people cut up their murals but this way is so quick and easy and works perfectly
every time. All the templates have been tested and will make a seamless
mural every time.